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Dear Winter:
3 days. You've now dumped a healthy amount of snow on Toronto, and I would like to request that you please clean it up in 3 days.
Thank you,
Jason
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My Palm reset again tonight. What's the point in carrying it around if jostling it (I can understand that, maybe the buttons get pressed or the batteries get slightly shaken), placing it in its cradle (now that's ridiculous), or even placing it on a table (which happened a few nights ago) is going to knock its memory loose?
Second, the basement washroom has been having trouble with the plunger and handle for a couple of years now. Just recently, it's begun to start running nonstop with that "tiny-trickle-whining" sound of water. So, I go into the tank and without a sound a piece of a rusted nut/bolt comes off. I manage to stop the water running, and a few minutes later I come back to it, because it's whining again. As I try to lift the bobber up, the entire system gives way because of that rusted nut/bolt thing and continually flows water into the tank. I've had to shut off the water valve, and currently I'm looking to see how to fix such things.
Parents are away for the night. It could only happen on a night like this.
Wow, an entire website devoted to Toiletology. This is a good start.
So, they say that information, such as the make and model, can be gleaned from the lid or the back of the toilet. Um, I didn't find anything other than the date of origin, which I believe reads June 1955. O_O Damn, this toilet's 50 years old. But the thumb screw on the second picture is what broke. Actually rusted to the point that any small movement broke it off, leaving a rusted half-thumbscrew where it should be freely moving.
Ewww, black goop. Guess I need a new Flush Valve, too. :\ *sigh* Eeeps, looks like I'm replacing the whole thing, aside from the porcelain. :\ (This repair/cost might be covered by our landlord, who knows. But it's nice knowing that there is a website that's helped me learn this skill.)
Well, as I've been trying to remove the Refill Valve, the nuts are dead-fast stuck. All I can do is spray them with WD-40 and hope that tomorrow they will be loose enough for me to remove the system. Oh, and while trying to undo the nuts, the Valve was rotating on the inside, and seperated the Floating Ball from the other thumbscrew (by pressing itself against the wall), which had also disintegrated. :|
Guess I should make this an early night and head over to the Canadian Tire or Rona/Lansing tomorrow morning.
I had met up with Christine last week to celebrate a belated birthday (mine), and she mentioned about getting out of her current job and doing something related to art, because she really enjoys it. She's sent out an e-mail stating that she's looking for freelance portrait work, so if anyone's interested, let her know (her e-mail is on the site, but if you want to contact me, I might be able to get in touch with her quicker). She put up a small sample of her artwork here.
And, Strong Bad finally reaches A Hundred E-mails. Semantic Satiation works its wonders at the end of the episode. :)
3 days. You've now dumped a healthy amount of snow on Toronto, and I would like to request that you please clean it up in 3 days.
Thank you,
Jason
~~~~~
My Palm reset again tonight. What's the point in carrying it around if jostling it (I can understand that, maybe the buttons get pressed or the batteries get slightly shaken), placing it in its cradle (now that's ridiculous), or even placing it on a table (which happened a few nights ago) is going to knock its memory loose?
Second, the basement washroom has been having trouble with the plunger and handle for a couple of years now. Just recently, it's begun to start running nonstop with that "tiny-trickle-whining" sound of water. So, I go into the tank and without a sound a piece of a rusted nut/bolt comes off. I manage to stop the water running, and a few minutes later I come back to it, because it's whining again. As I try to lift the bobber up, the entire system gives way because of that rusted nut/bolt thing and continually flows water into the tank. I've had to shut off the water valve, and currently I'm looking to see how to fix such things.
Parents are away for the night. It could only happen on a night like this.
Wow, an entire website devoted to Toiletology. This is a good start.
So, they say that information, such as the make and model, can be gleaned from the lid or the back of the toilet. Um, I didn't find anything other than the date of origin, which I believe reads June 1955. O_O Damn, this toilet's 50 years old. But the thumb screw on the second picture is what broke. Actually rusted to the point that any small movement broke it off, leaving a rusted half-thumbscrew where it should be freely moving.
Ewww, black goop. Guess I need a new Flush Valve, too. :\ *sigh* Eeeps, looks like I'm replacing the whole thing, aside from the porcelain. :\ (This repair/cost might be covered by our landlord, who knows. But it's nice knowing that there is a website that's helped me learn this skill.)
Well, as I've been trying to remove the Refill Valve, the nuts are dead-fast stuck. All I can do is spray them with WD-40 and hope that tomorrow they will be loose enough for me to remove the system. Oh, and while trying to undo the nuts, the Valve was rotating on the inside, and seperated the Floating Ball from the other thumbscrew (by pressing itself against the wall), which had also disintegrated. :|
Guess I should make this an early night and head over to the Canadian Tire or Rona/Lansing tomorrow morning.
I had met up with Christine last week to celebrate a belated birthday (mine), and she mentioned about getting out of her current job and doing something related to art, because she really enjoys it. She's sent out an e-mail stating that she's looking for freelance portrait work, so if anyone's interested, let her know (her e-mail is on the site, but if you want to contact me, I might be able to get in touch with her quicker). She put up a small sample of her artwork here.
And, Strong Bad finally reaches A Hundred E-mails. Semantic Satiation works its wonders at the end of the episode. :)
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